Bill > HR9678

This bill, the Federal Lands Amplified Security for the Homeland (FLASH) Act, aims to address public safety and environmental issues along the southern border of the United States. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. Enhancing border security through the construction of navigable roads along federal border lands, providing U.S. Customs and Border Protection with improved access to these areas. 2. Granting U.S. Customs and Border Protection access to wilderness areas for the purpose of securing the international land borders, including the use of various vehicles and infrastructure. 3. Allowing Border States to temporarily place movable structures on federal lands along the southern border to enhance security, without requiring a special use authorization. 4. Prohibiting the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from impeding U.S. Customs and Border Protection activities on federal lands within 100 miles of the southern border. 5. Establishing policies and procedures to reduce trash and mitigate environmental degradation caused by unauthorized border crossings, and imposing increased penalties for related violations. 6. Initiating response efforts to address contamination from illegal cannabis cultivation on federal lands. 7. Prohibiting the use of federal funds to provide housing to unauthorized aliens on federal lands. The overall goal of the bill is to enhance border security, protect the environment, and prevent unauthorized encampments on federal lands along the southern border.